Friday, December 23, 2011

The Solstice fire burns bright and hot. Thanks for another wonderful celebration M&B!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:20AM it’s currently 33 degrees and snowing lightly under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 32, barometric pressure 29.93″ and steady. We picked up 0.06″ rain and 1″ of sticky, wet snow overnight. 24hr high was 46, low 32.

Forecast:

The low pressure systems that brought us this most recent shot of rain and snow will move out of the region during the day today. We’ll see overcast skies with snow in the morning and a chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs will be around 32°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of snow is 90%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a chance of snow in the evening, then mostly cloudy. Lows will be a chilly 5°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of snow is 30%.

Saturday should bring mostly cloudy skies in the morning, then partly cloudy skies as high pressure moves in. Highs will only be around 18°F with winds from the SSW at 5 mph. Saturday night should start out clear in the evening, then turn partly cloudy. Lows will be around 3°F with winds less than 5 mph.

Christmas Day should be mostly cloudy with highs of 36°F and winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Sunday night should be overcast with a chance of snow. Lows will be around 21°F with winds from the SW at 5-10 mph. Chance of snow is 50%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 27 and a low of 23. We picked up 6.75″ of snow and had 11″ on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of  30°F and lows of 14°F.
Record high was 58°F in 1990.
Record low was -18°F in 1955.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:25 AM EST
Sunset: 4:16 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 9h 57m
Length of Day: 8h 51m
Tomorrow will be 0m 10s longer.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 28d 6h old with 2% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:12 AM EST
Moonset: 3:21 PM EST